diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 028fd8460e830..67a858661b31b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -382,14 +382,15 @@ const handle = app.getRequestHandler()
 
 app.prepare().then(() => {
   createServer((req, res) => {
-    const { pathname, query } = parse(req.url, true)
+    const parsedUrl = parse(req.url, true)
+    const { pathname, query } = parsedUrl
 
     if (pathname === '/a') {
       app.render(req, res, '/b', query)
     } else if (pathname === '/b') {
       app.render(req, res, '/a', query)
     } else {
-      handle(req, res)
+      handle(req, res, parsedUrl)
     }
   })
   .listen(3000, (err) => {
diff --git a/examples/custom-server/server.js b/examples/custom-server/server.js
index 46d7dda2ae7f6..87ceba6b95efc 100644
--- a/examples/custom-server/server.js
+++ b/examples/custom-server/server.js
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ const handle = app.getRequestHandler()
 app.prepare()
 .then(() => {
   createServer((req, res) => {
-    const { pathname, query } = parse(req.url, true)
+    const parsedUrl = parse(req.url, true)
+    const { pathname, query } = parsedUrl
 
     if (pathname === '/a') {
       app.render(req, res, '/b', query)
     } else if (pathname === '/b') {
       app.render(req, res, '/a', query)
     } else {
-      handle(req, res)
+      handle(req, res, parsedUrl)
     }
   })
   .listen(3000, (err) => {
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index f08504ef6f883..fe81244233711 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ export default class Server {
   }
 
   getRequestHandler () {
-    return (req, res) => {
-      this.run(req, res)
+    return (req, res, parsedUrl) => {
+      if (!parsedUrl || parsedUrl.query === null) {
+        parsedUrl = parse(req.url, true)
+      }
+
+      this.run(req, res, parsedUrl)
       .catch((err) => {
         if (!this.quiet) console.error(err)
         res.statusCode = 500
@@ -102,8 +106,8 @@ export default class Server {
         await this.serveStatic(req, res, p)
       },
 
-      '/:path*': async (req, res) => {
-        const { pathname, query } = parse(req.url, true)
+      '/:path*': async (req, res, params, parsedUrl) => {
+        const { pathname, query } = parsedUrl
         await this.render(req, res, pathname, query)
       }
     }
@@ -126,19 +130,19 @@ export default class Server {
     })
   }
 
-  async run (req, res) {
+  async run (req, res, parsedUrl) {
     if (this.hotReloader) {
       await this.hotReloader.run(req, res)
     }
 
-    const fn = this.router.match(req, res)
+    const fn = this.router.match(req, res, parsedUrl)
     if (fn) {
       await fn()
       return
     }
 
     if (req.method === 'GET' || req.method === 'HEAD') {
-      await this.render404(req, res)
+      await this.render404(req, res, parsedUrl)
     } else {
       res.statusCode = 501
       res.end(STATUS_CODES[501])
@@ -203,8 +207,8 @@ export default class Server {
     }
   }
 
-  async render404 (req, res) {
-    const { pathname, query } = parse(req.url, true)
+  async render404 (req, res, parsedUrl = parse(req.url, true)) {
+    const { pathname, query } = parsedUrl
     res.statusCode = 404
     this.renderError(null, req, res, pathname, query)
   }
diff --git a/server/router.js b/server/router.js
index f15b9e4d93c54..b393a114a2469 100644
--- a/server/router.js
+++ b/server/router.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { parse } from 'url'
 import pathMatch from 'path-match'
 
 const route = pathMatch()
@@ -14,16 +13,16 @@ export default class Router {
     this.routes.set(method, routes)
   }
 
-  match (req, res) {
+  match (req, res, parsedUrl) {
     const routes = this.routes.get(req.method)
     if (!routes) return
 
-    const { pathname } = parse(req.url)
+    const { pathname } = parsedUrl
     for (const r of routes) {
       const params = r.match(pathname)
       if (params) {
         return async () => {
-          return r.fn(req, res, params)
+          return r.fn(req, res, params, parsedUrl)
         }
       }
     }